| Domain | Definition | ||
| Law | CENTUMVIRI, civil law. the citizens of Rome were distributed into thirty-five tribes, and three persons out of each tribe were elected judges, who were called centumviri, although they were one hundred and five in number. They were distributed into four different tribunals, but in certain causes called centumvirales causas, the judgments of the four tribunals were necessary. Vicat,ad verb.; 3 Bl. Com. 315. (references) | ||
| Literature | Centumviri A court under whose jurisdiction the Romans placed all matters pertaining to testaments and inheritances. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | The centumviri was a court of civil jurisdiction in Ancient Rome, probably instituted by Servius Tullius. Its antiquity is attested to by the symbol and formula used in its procedure, the lance (Izasta) as the sign of true ownership, the oath or wager (sacramentum), the ancient formula for recovery of property or assertion of liberty. It is probably alluded to in Livy's account of the Valerio-Horatian laws of 449 B.C. (references) | ||
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